Cotton-picker.



. such as will enable ot UNITED i sTATEs HAmusoN T.- NOBLE,

PATENT oEEioE.

OF TOGO, OKLAHOMA.

i COTTON-PICKER.

AApplication filed Septemberl l 'Specification of Letters Patent.Patented Jan. 2 5, 1910.

ai, 190s. 'serial No. 453,895.

To all 'whom'it mag/'concerns Be it known'that I, Hannisox. T. Nonne, 1

a citizen of the United States, residing at Togo, in the county ofMajor, State of Oklahoma, yhave invented certain new and useful fImprovements in Cotton-Pickers; and-l do hereby declarethe following tobe a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

1ers skilled in tli'e art to which it appertains to make and use thesame A The invention relates to a cotton picker "machine and moreparticularly to ,the class o f machines adapted to be mounted upon awagon and in which a suction current of'air is created to remove fromplants cotton and convey the same from a conduit or box to vision of acotton.picker machine which shall possess su erior advantages in pointof simplicity and t urability and which shall be thoroughly feasible,practical and eflicient in operation.

W'ith these and other objectsin view the inventi'on for example consistsin the construction, combination and arrangement of partsas will behereinafter inore'fully described and as illustrated in the accom )anyngdrawings which disclose the pre erred form of embodiment of theinvention. However, itis to be understood that changes, variations andmodifications may be resorted to without dc artingfrom the spirit of theinvention, an such as come properly Y within the scope of the claimhereuntoap pended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a wagon'with theinvention mounted thereon. Fi 2is a. front elevation. Fig. 3 is alongitu mal sectionalview throu hthe main frame, Vfan and intakeconduit. *igui is a side elevation. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of themouth of Aone of the suction tubes.

l Similar reference characters indicate cor-V views `in the drawings.

i' "In the drawings, the numeral 8 designates a wheeled wagon the samebeing of the ordinary construction and suitably mounted thereon is themain supporting' frame 9 of the cotton picker machine and includes`.scp-ated longitudinal side beainslO, united the o en frame structure.Near one end of the trame 9 is fixed vertical u rights or posts 12 thelatter held rigid by race bars 1?r connectedA thereto and with the mainframe 9A and supported by the uprights 12 is an intake conduitor boxing14 theoppodistance beyond opposite sides of the'wa-gon. At intervalsthroughout the longitudinal extent of the conduit or boxing 14 and Vincommunication therewith are plurality of suc- .tontubes or hose 15, eachhaving mounted at its free end. a. picker head or shell 16 formed with a'flared open mouth portion 17. In eachof the picker heads 1G is a' leverwhich latter is adapted to regulate the supply'vof cotton. gatheredthrough said suction tube and conveyed to the intake conduit o r boxing.Y

Centrally of the intake conduit or boxing 14 at one side thereof is atancasing 19, the same having central side communication working within thefan casing is a suction journaled in the fan casing and which shaft hasfixed thereto exteriorly of the 'casing a beveled inioii 22 the latterenmesh with a beveled) pinion 23 fixed to the inner end bearing brackets25 projecting from and se- 'cu'red tothe exterior face of one side ofthe 4fan casing.

lene engine 26 the latter having a drivin belt wheel 27 over whichV istrained an en less belt 28 the latter also trained over a belt wheel orulley 29 fixed to the driven shaft 24 whereby rotary motion can betransmitted'to the suction fan 2Q from the d'riving en ine. l

Lea ing from the top of-thefan casing 19 and projecting from itsperiphery' is 'a discharge or delivery spoutl 30 which is atV oppositeends by cross beams l1 to formactuated spring controlled cut-oft' valve18 'with the said intake conduit or boxing andV responding partsthroughout lthe several .70 frame.,4 Mounted transversely of 'the mainsite extremities of which Vproject laterally a' fan 20 the lattermounted upon a shaft 21 of a driven shaft 24: the latter supported inUpon the mai'n frame 9 is mounted a gaso- 1ersV ilo adaptedoto depositcotton into -t-he Wagon after thejsaid'cotton has been gathered orreceived in the intake conduit lor boxing 14 when having beenaccumulated through the suction tubes leading to the said intake conduitor boxing.

In operation, the wagon is drawn along the r'ow of cotton plants andpresuming that the engine 26 'has' been started, the latter through its`belt connection 28 will rotate .the driven shaft 24 and through themedium of the enmeshing pinions 22and 23 the shaft 2l will rotate torevolve the suction fan 20 and through its centrifugal act-ion a suctionwill be created in the intake conduit or boxing and the suction tubes l5which latter are so, positioned to have their open dared mouths 17 comein close contact with t-he plants and theripe cotton thereon which, ifready for picking easily loosened, will become readily detached by thesuction set up by the fan 20 and will be conveyed through the tubes 15into the intake conduit or boxingfrom thence to the `fan casin where itwill be forced by the re-l a centrally disposed suction. openingcommunicating directly with the centrally disposed opening in theconduit, said Vcasing beingmounted on the conduit so that said conduitextends diametrically thereacross, a fan f in sai-dcasing, and n'xeanstoactuate said fan. In testlniony whereof, I aihx my signature, 1npresence'of two witnesses.

HARRISON l NOBLE.

Witnesses: A. Hess, J. W. SHOCKLEY.

